Hello mommas, some mommas have asked if food eaten by them can pass into breastmilk or cause fussy baby. Short answer is yes what you may eat can effect your baby. However it works differently than you may think. The actual food doesn’t physically get passed thru or digest in your breast milk mommas. What essentially happens is what you eat digests, and your body takes the some nutrients, and distributes everything appropriately, and some nutrients go into your milk and depending on your meal, nutrients passed to the baby via breastmilk can cause a gassy baby. I’m sure your wondering well “how do I avoid, or know what foods make my baby gassy?”. There are a few ways; you can of course pay attention to you baby and their patterns if they’re fussy after feeds, and if you remember what you ate, you can avoid those foods. If you notice you’re bloated or gassy feeling after a meal, there is a chance your baby can experience same symptoms as mom from the meal. While you were pregnant did you notice what foods made your nauseous, caused discomfort or morning sickness, those are also good foods to avoid, because there is a chance those same foods will effect your babies belly when passed thru milk. From my personal experience, I actually love salads and fibrous greens, I couldn’t eat anything related to salad unless it was a soft green leafy vegan like spinach, easily digestible for me while pregnant. I then delivered my baby first thing I ate was a SALAD, let me tell you it was GOOD! However result for my baby wasn’t it , lead to gas and caused fussiness. I figured it was the salad, I actually asked my nursed and double checked with my assigned lactation consultant at the hospital, and they confirmed my theory. Foods you can avoid are that of really fibrous foods or vegetables like broccoli, romaine lettuce, Brussel sprouts, and cabbage to name a few. Now if you eat these foods no worries, you can help your little one relieve gas, by bicycling their legs gently to relieve gas, tummy time, gentle back pats to expel burps. Now to the positive side mommas, although it’s great to avoid fibrous food, did you know your breast milk can take on flavors you eat, like garlic for instance can cause your milk to have a hint of garlic flavor. I absolutely love this, because its a great way to open your babies pallet and get them acquainted with foods that are flavorful and/or some vegetables. From my experience I had a pretty open diet, I loved spicy, and seasoned foods. My baby is open to eating anything he’s slightly picky but will not knock anything until he tries it. Prior to introducing foods or flavors via breast milk. You can start even earlier while baby is in utero, and remember to pay attention to what possible caused morning sickness, nausea, gas, digestion discomfort. Those will be foods you’d want to avoid while breastfeeding in earlier months, eventually you can slowly but surely introduce them again ! 

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